I've been using vim and text files. If you want to create a journal entry for today: $ vim $(date +%a_%d_%m_%Y.txt) type your text and you are set. If you want

I've been using vim and text files. If you want to create a journal entry for today: $ vim $(date +%a_%d_%m_%Y.txt) type your text and you are set. If you want to search/sort/filter, etc your journal files, Unix has already all the tools you want. (grep, find, less, cat, sed, etc). Don't sweat the small stuff.